Sentences with phrase «vector of other diseases»

That being said, the mosquitoes will still bite and could be a vector of other diseases.

Not exact matches

Preliminary results of the study were presented at a World Health Organization (WHO) evidence review group meeting, while UNITAID has issued a call for further research into the use of endectocide class drugs, of which ivermectin is currently the only one registered for human use, as new vector control tools in the fight against malaria and other mosquito borne disease.

Besides kissing bugs, he says, this technique might be used to hijack a variety of other insect disease vectors, from mosquitoes that transmit malaria to deer ticks that transmit Lyme disease.

«The vector used in these studies is one that has already been used in the treatment of other human diseases so this is a promising approach.»

Bring back DDT, they demand, and let it be sprayed on the inner walls of houses, where it would kill vectors of malaria and other insect - borne diseases like dengue and typhus.

The other fellows were mostly based in the USA and worked on the microbiota and / or a diverse range of infections including neglected tropical diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, vector borne diseases, food borne pathogens and anti-microbial resistance.

That knowledge, combined with earlier research by Rey and others, could hint at novel ways to block the virus from infecting cells, says virologist John Roehrig of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Vector - Borne Diseases in Fort Collins, Colorado.

If X-SCID can be cured with no serious side effects, that will ease concerns about the risks of using similar vectors to treat other blood diseases such as sickle cell disease, notes Dunbar.

That's one conclusion from a new study that tested 11 types of repellents on Aedes aegypti mosquitoes — the vectors of Zika, yellow fever, dengue, and other diseases.

Climate change effects on the geographical distribution and incidence of vector - borne diseases in other countries where these diseases are already found can also affect North Americans, especially as a result of increasing trade with, and travel to, tropical and subtropical areas.63, 197 Whether climate change in the U.S. will increase the chances of domestically acquiring diseases such as dengue fever is uncertain, due to vector - control efforts and lifestyle factors, such as time spent indoors, that reduce human - insect contact.

The Bioinformatics Resource Centers (BRC) for Infectious Diseases were created to serve as database resources for the integration of research and surveillance data being generated by these DMID - sponsored resources and by other primary investigators working on infectious diseases caused by different groups of human pathogens and their insect vectors.

Clinical benefits of lentiviral vectors have been observed in small trials for other diseases, including the common hematopoietic disorders

Ron is currently collaborating with Auburn University to complete trials of recombinant and chromosomal options for producing «daughterless» carp, consulting on the risks involved in using genetic methods for managing disease - vectoring mosquitoes, exploring options for applying genetic techniques to the control of other invasive fish, and writing papers on deep - sea ecology, climate change and the taxonomy of Tasmanian mayflies.

Entomology projects are looking at bee diversity, an issue critical to world food supply; others study insect vectors of diseases, with implications for worldwide health.

Fungal, tick and other vector - carried diseases common in other regions of the country are challenging to diagnose rapidly.

Working outdoors may increase the risk of exposure to insects and other biologic vectors.3 Each vector may have the ability to transfer more than one disease during each period of contact.

Not only do we offer the best molecular and serology test options available, but we spend a significant amount of time working with researchers and clinicians around the world to generate new knowledge about emerging infectious diseases such as bartonellosis, borreliosis and other vector - borne infections.

Differences in incidence of «e. canis infection varies in endemic areas according to season, vector density, awareness of disease, ability to identify disease, and stress of other related diseases.

A. Heartworm disease is considered the most important vector - borne disease of dogs in the U.S. and many other parts of the world.

An estimated 200 dogs per square kilometer occupy Bangkok, fouling sidewalks and streets, causing traffic accidents and serving as vectors for rabies and other diseases.12 A nip on the ankle by a stray dog in any of these developing countries quickly jolts Western tourists into the life and death reality of the situation.13

Andrew Burbidge: Yes, I think that having a transmissible virus as the vector for immuno - contraception or whatever other technique's available is not really a viable option because the feral cat has been bred from the wild cat of Africa, Europe and Asia, and if that transmissible disease, that virus escaped Australia or was taken out purposely by someone who, you know, wanted to cause problems in another country, then we would have actually have developed a technique for eradicating native animals in other people's countries, and I just think that's not on.

Each forum will feature leading experts in a variety of fields — research entomology, practitioners and behaviorists — to explain the new double defense protocol, update veterinarians on managing vector - borne diseases and learning more about other areas such as behavior to improve the care provided to pets and to enhance their practices.

Massachusetts in particular is a magnet and a distribution center for relocated surplus pets and strays... Some diseases and parasites pose serious health risks for human health as well as for dogs and other species... Dogs are a leading vector for rabies in many poor countries... Given the incubation period for rabies, from five days to several years, with 20 - 60 days being the norm, unquarantined importation of street dogs from poor countries with low rates of vaccination for rabies, is a disaster waiting to happen...»

Driven by our Community Vector Control Operations and our BugOut Precinct System, we're working hard to significantly reduce the population of mosquitoes that spread Zika, dengue, and other vector - borne disVector Control Operations and our BugOut Precinct System, we're working hard to significantly reduce the population of mosquitoes that spread Zika, dengue, and other vector - borne disvector - borne diseases.

The resultant DDT - resistance of insect vectors of disease, and indeed the resultant growth of insect vectors no longer competing with other insects nor preyed upon by diminished hunting species, truly incompetent health management.

Infectious disease transmission is sensitive to local, small - scale differences in weather, human modification of the landscape, the diversity of animal hosts, 71 and human behavior that affects vector - human contact, among other factors.

The most recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states with «very high confidence» that «the health of human populations is sensitive to shifts in weather patterns and other aspects of climate change» due to direct effects — such as changes in temperature and precipitation or occurrence of heat waves, floods, droughts, and fires — as well as indirect effects — through crop failures, shifting patterns of disease vectors, or displacement of populations.

Suitable habitat for the Asian Tiger Mosquito, which can transmit West Nile and other vector - borne diseases, is expected to increase in the Northeast from the current 5 % to 16 % in the next two decades and from 43 % to 49 % by the end of the century, exposing more than 30 million people to the threat of dense infestations by this species.48

The new extremes of wind and rain are part of a larger pattern that also includes rapidly melting glaciers worldwide, increasing desertification, a global extinction crisis, the ravaging of ocean fisheries, and a growing range for disease «vectors» like mosquitoes, ticks and many other carriers of viruses and bacteria harmful to people.»

Other expected effects of global warming include changes in agricultural yields, modifications of trade routes, glacier retreat, mass species extinctions and increases in the ranges of disease vectors.

As established in the 2016 U.S. Climate and Health Assessment — The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment — the resulting changes in our climate are creating conditions that harm human health through extreme weather events, reduced air and water quality, increases in infectious and vector - borne diseases, and other mechanisms.

Use an insect repellant to keep bugs off your body, as insect bites can put you at the risk of catching dengue, malaria and other vector - borne diseases.